Good Friday & Easter Sunday 2022 Pastor Rick’s Study Notes: Mark 15:42-16:8 (PRT) vv.15:42-43 And evening had already arrived, and now that it was the Preparation Day before the Sabbath, and Joseph of Arimathea who was a respectable member of the Jewish Council and was waiting patiently for the Kingdom of God, went boldly to…
Mark 15:20-41 (PRT) v. 20 And while the soldiers humiliated and taunted him, they dressed him in his own clothes in place of the purple robe, and they led Jesus out so they could crucify him. v. 21 Then they conscripted Simon from Cyrene, Alexander and Rufus’s father, as he passed by while visiting from…
Each time you and I take part in the celebration of Communion, each bite of broken bread and each sip of wine (or Welch’s), celebrates the new accord, or the New Covenant Jesus secured for us that first Easter weekend. He died, was buried in that death, and rose from the short-term tomb to end…
Today is Palm Sunday, the day in the Scriptures when Jesus entered the gates of Jerusalem to the shouts of praise from the people. This praise was short-lived as many of the same people were quick to reject Jesus just a few days later. When Jesus was taken into custody, he declared it was the…
I know people who have gone through great tragedy and experienced dark days. Businesses fail. Homes are taken. Children (or spouses) stray. Partners betray. What felt secure evaporates in a brief moment. And dark times and deep questions often follow. And you might ask, Why bring this up? Because we all face those dark nights…
